Emma Knack
Abt 1888 - Abt 1913 (24 years)
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Name Emma Knack [1] Born Abt Oct 1888 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 
[1] - 1900 census has birth Oct 1887 - 1910 marriage has her age 22 - I cannot find a birth record for her. -- when her mother remarried to Frederick GELIS in 1898, all of the children took the surname GELIS
First Child of Caroline Simon = Emma Knack (aka Emma Gelis)? Gender Female Residence 1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1] 963 West 13th Street; boarder, attending school; home of William and Hannah Witt (no relationship known) and his grandmother Mary Meyer Died Abt 1913 - Probate of Frederick Gelis estate says she died at age 25, wife of John Lang, leaving no children
Frederick Gelis - Probate - 1930 Person ID I1782 Zurück in der Zeit Last Modified 29 Aug 2023
Father Ferdinand Knack, b. Abt 1854, Preussen, Germany , d. 27 Jun 1894, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 40 years) Relationship natural Mother Karoline Caroline M Carolina Carrie Simon, b. 25 Jun 1859, Berlin, Germany , d. 15 Nov 1934, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Married Abt 1882 - The date is a guess based on Caroline's third child (Helen) born 1887 - They apparently married in Chicago, since both had arrived in the 1870's
Family ID F34 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John J. Lang, b. Abt 1882 Married 23 Feb 1910 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - by Minister J. M. Bailey of 6046 Chicago Avenue in Oak Park - they had no children before she died about 1913
John J. Lang - Emma Gelis (spelled Gales, birth name Knack)
She and her siblings took the surname of her step-father Frederick GELIS.Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 Family ID F598 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - Abt Oct 1888 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 
Residence - 963 West 13th Street; boarder, attending school; home of William and Hannah Witt (no relationship known) and his grandmother Mary Meyer - 1900 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Married - 23 Feb 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos John J. Lang - Emma Gelis (spelled Gales, birth name Knack)
She and her siblings took the surname of her step-father Frederick GELIS.
Documents Frederick Gelis - Probate - 1930
Histories First Child of Caroline Simon = Emma Knack (aka Emma Gelis)?
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Sources - [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_255; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 263.
Birth date: Oct 1887
Birth place: Illinois
Residence date: 1900
Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=10463935&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_255; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 263.
- [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_255; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 263.